Meeting Minutes for March 9, 2010

** Pending Approval at next meeting **

The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm by Melissa Nix. The agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting were passed out for everyone to review and keep. Kim Malcik made the motion to approve the minutes as written and posted on the PTO Blog, Wendy Lesikar 2nd the motion, the motion passed. Kim Malcik, treasurer, presented a copy of the treasurer’s report, it was reviewed by everyone. Current balance in the account is $9,841.43.

Cookbook Update – Cathy Bruggman and Melissa Nix reported that the cookbooks have been ordered and that we will decide on the selling price for them after they come in. Kim Malcik won the $25.00 gift card to HEB and Haley and Katy Stojanek won the free cookbook for submitting recipes.

Scholarship Application Updates – Jennifer Chervenka reported that the applications were on line and the school counselor has been informed of this.

Kim Malcik stated that she had ordered the dye-cuts for the elementary workroom. Kim Campbell stated that she is still waiting for the bean bag chairs to come in for the elementary school counselor’s office.

Debbie Mucha reported to Melissa Nix that the teachers have been very happy with the Subway Lunch deliveries and that she hasn’t decided if she would do it next month due to the Easter holiday during the week it is scheduled.

Elementary Field Day T-shirt Fundraiser – Cathy Bruggman reported that the colored shirts would be approximately $5.50 each and passed around some ideas for designs. She is going to get some samples and bring them to the next meeting so that we can decide what we are going to do.

Teacher Appreciation Week – Cathy Bruggman said that this was going to be May 3rd thru May 6th. She said that Mrs. Hudson had inquired about the PTO providing volunteers to monitor the classes so that they can give the teachers some time to go have lunch out. We will discuss this more at the April meeting. Jennifer Chervenka said that she made muffins for all the teachers and staff for Valentines and that they loved it, she said she was going to have cookies for them on the Monday they come back for Spring Break.

Garage Sale Fundraiser – Wendy Lesikar reported the dates that were available to book for this, however it has been decided that we would wait to do this due to us trying to get together with the school, churches and local businesses to raise money for community service projects by doing a community wide garage sale to benefit this effort. It was decided that the PTO will have a concession stand at the garage sale to raise money for the PTO.

Guest Speaker was Mr. Bob Callaghan, RISD superintendent, he reported to us that the school recently redesigned the website and that there would be room for us to have an area within it. He informed us that the Change can Make a Difference Project for Thanksgiving and the Christmas Angel Project was a huge success and would like to continue to do these types of service projects throughout the year by joining with local churches and businesses in the community. Kim Campbell made the motion to let the PTO organize this community service group and Melissa Nix 2nd the motion and the motion passed. Melissa Nix and Jennifer Chervenka will organize a steering committee for this and set a tentative date of March 30th at 6:00pm for the first meeting, which will take place in the RISD Administration Building Boardroom.

The next PTO meeting is scheduled for April 13th at 6:00pm in the Carol Ann Bonds Multipurpose building.

Kim Malcik made the motion to adjourn the meeting, Anne Kohring 2nd the motion and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:24pm by Melissa Nix, president.